Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
ये वै भोगाः समुचिताः स्त्रीणां ते त्वत्प्रसादतः । अलंकृत्य मया भुक्ताः प्रसंगाद्वच्मि तान्यपि
ye vai bhogāḥ samucitāḥ strīṇāṃ te tvatprasādataḥ | alaṃkṛtya mayā bhuktāḥ prasaṃgādvacmi tānyapi
عورتوں کے لیے جو لذتیں مناسب ہیں، وہ سب مجھے آپ کے فضل سے ملیں۔ میں نے سنگھار کر کے انہیں برتا ہے؛ اسی مناسبت سے میں ان کا ذکر بھی کرتی ہوں۔
Śuciṣmatī
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śuciṣmatī gestures toward household comforts—garlands, perfumes, ornaments—while speaking with composure, emphasizing they came by her husband’s favor; the tone is grateful, not boastful.
FAQs
Enjoyment is acceptable when dharma-governed and received with gratitude, not entitlement.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
No specific ritual is prescribed; the verse frames ethical enjoyment within marital and dharmic propriety.